Ink-drier and static-charge reducer for presses.



M. L. LANE. INK DRIEB AND STATIG CHARGE REDUCER FOR PRESSES.

APPLIUATION TILED APE. 8, 1910.

Patented May 9, 1911.

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nalvllmix i M. L. LANL. INK DRIER AND STATIG CHARGE REDUUER FUR PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED uns, 1'910. A

' Paflltd May 9, 1911.

U NrrED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE L. LANE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN. ASSIGNOR 0l" ONE-HALF TO CLAUD S.GORDON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Spciication of Letters Patent.

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Application led April 8, 1910. Serial No. 554,216.

To all witem 'it may concern:

Be it known t'lnlt l.. M/ilnnm li. l..\.\'i:. n

citizen 'of the United Stuten. residing nt Detrait, in the eonntfv elWei-nn :unl Htnnnl' 5 Miehigamliave invented new n'l nnel'nllniprovements in lnli-Drierrl :unl Sint i ^-t.`li;iil Reducers forlrewse-fs.Y of n'liieh tlm teilen ing is a specification.

This invention relates; to 'fi (lern-c designed for use more especiallyin printingA inize-; for drying the ink on the .fitr/elf :nnl i-eitnuinpthe electro-Statie iizlnirgca generated nn tln- The invention has for(me of its nhjwjtn tn provide an extremely Hixnnle, pinntifrnl, ein!efficient device of this clim-:icleiwhinh in adpted te he arranged inentii'ierntive rein- 'tionI with the cyliinlt-.il 01;' the linens im'the purposes mentioned, tlie dern-.e inelnflinp un elec-'trie heating'element er cnil :nlnl'iteil to be Connected in eii'enit with n snitnlile5mn-ee of eleetrieity.

Another object. of the invention is te previde a novel consstrnctionlforeleet'ilif; limiter;`A und charge refliicers .Q0 eS tie have :i highelliceney.

71th thege objects in View, :1nd others :is will appear the descriptionprneeetls, the invention eenipi'ises the various nevi-l |`ez1- tures 0ieenntrnetion and nrnngeinent nl' parte which willV he more fullyilenerilietl yhereinafter sind set fin-th with lmrtieularity in theelnilns appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment 0f theini-entiem-Figure l is un'elevation ol. the. device with aniiiternxediate pertion broken away. Fig, 2isV si View of the device inlongitudinal sentieri', Figs. 3, 4 andv 5 are transverse Seetie'nstukeif'reepeetively on liner4 2l,-El, Ll.-4 fl' und 5-'5, of Fig. 2.'Fig. (i un enti per speet-ive view of the device with the eminentingsockel: removed.

Similar reference characters are el-npleyefl to designate eerrespendingparts tlnvnigtnint the severalviews,

Referring@ the drawing, l designates n tub-nlm easing er shell,Awhiehmuy be nl" :my mitnble length., hs, for inhtzmee, forty ine-hessans t0- ext'end the 'l'nlllength o' the press cylinder, nml thediameter will be such :le te accommodate the internal per-ts ef thedevice. Thismuhular easing may be ef -n'ietitl "1 or other durablematerlal, und en one end is tnliuhn nere 2t) which extentlr'i4approxinmtely the full length of the easing l, Said tnhe beingHnpTnn-lerlV un :i tl'llmlnr reti' 2l thi-it' for-ins; :ireinl'mfmtI-iere'lni' hy' extending t'livmngli the .here of the. tnlw.Thin` Stimm-rtl# ing' til-lie El] .is 0f lees length llnm the asbestostulle unil the ends :we tliepofeml inwardly ,from lthe lather Setlnitthere will be .ne

the rofl inn-d the cuil uml return wire. In the supporting tube 521 visa tubular lining-*220i vlnnn'e of n gmimd livingA .fox-ined between? ilt) ing connectdwith the. inner 0nd 0f the coil,

engaging the devices in :1n electric circuit.

, In iesimony Wherfmf i' :lx my signature in presence of two with@ ses.

MAUlCE L. LANEu for commuting the, saune a protecting cap applied to oneend of the 10 casing and formnff :L chm'nber to provid() for theexpansion ofrthevnrous parts, a plugr of insuafon inserted into theOpposite end of tlm casing, metal devices in the plug to which the coiland return Wire :1re respectively connected, and an attaching-'socket'N'vtnasses SHERMAN I). GALLENDER, B. .BLAINE UOLFAXj

